The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) has condemned the “misconduct reference” moved by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government against Supreme Court’s Justice Faez Isa in the Supreme Judicial Council.
The reference was sent by President Arif Alvi, according to media reports on Tuesday. The judge had subsequently written a letter to Alvi, expressing displeasure over leaking of the said reference to media, comparing it to its “character assassination”.
During the SHCBA’s general body meeting on Thursday, the association passed a resolution against the reference and called it “malicious” and aimed at “undermining the independence of the judiciary and rule of law”.
Justice Isa is one of the “most honest and upright judges of the Supreme Court” with “unimpeachable integrity and impeccable legal pedigree, which is counterblast of the Quetta carnage commission report and judgment of the Faizabad dharna”, read the resolution.
It also lauded the resignation of Additional Attorney General Zahid F Ebrahim, who resigned to protest the filing of the reference.
The resolution also rejected the “pressure tactics” being employed by the government and demanded that the reference be withdrawn.
